South Sudan, Sudan
Tut Gatluak acts as Kiir's linchpin on Khartoum-Juba relations

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (left) and his security adviser Tut Gatluak Manime.
South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (left) and his security adviser Tut Gatluak Manime. © Peter Louis Gume / AFP
Two rebel chefs in Dafur and South Kordofan are still refusing to lay down their arms. One of Khartoum's main means of pressuring them is the South Sudanese president's security adviser Tut Gatluak. [...]
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